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Foxconn A75M FM1 @ MadShrimps
“For users which are not pretentious, the A75M FM1 motherboard from Foxconn represents a solution to consider, in case we want to get the benefits of the Lynx platform, like the powerful IGP or the quad core APUs. For making this board even more attractive, the Dual Graphics feature should be enabled, along with the ability to be able to modify the memory speed and its timings.”
Gigabyte G1.Sniper2 Z68 @ eTeknix
“To give things a bit of a shake-up, Gigabyte decided to release their G1 sniper loose at the Z68 platform and came up with the G1.Sniper 2, which from the off looks simply amazing and gives some very unique features that other boards simply don’t have in terms of audio and Gigabit LAN connectivity.”
MSI Z68A-GD80 Revision G3 @ OC Club
“Putting the screws to the MSI Z68A-GD80 G3 gave me almost identical overclocking results as the B3 revision did. No surprise there! The way to the promised land is through adjustments of the bclock, clock multiplier, vcore, and turbo boost settings. The CPU I am using needs the PLL overvoltage option enabled to reach a multiplier greater than 44 and really does not care to run over 47.”
MSI 990FXA-GD80 @ iXBT Labs
“MSI 990FXA-GD80 is currently the highest-end in company’s Socket AM3+ series. As such it has and supports everything MSI can offer today. Still, the motherboard is practical and reasonable enough nonetheless, without features you could classify as marketing padding, and will attract those who need the best in technology.”
ASUS M5A97 EVO, ASUS M5A99X EVO @ iXBT Labs
“Both ASUS M5A97 EVO and ASUS M5A99X EVO offer all you may need to build a solid gaming rig or a decent workhorse. It’s nice that things like CPU VRMs with lots of phases, high-quality circuitry and diverse interfaces have become a standard in the mid-end range.”
X79 Express Performance Comparison @ Benchmark Reviews
“As part of the Sandy Bridge Extreme CPU launch, Benchmark Reviews received several new X79 Express motherboards to test. Each motherboard’s aimed at a different audience and has different features. In this article I’ll compare the stock and overclocked performance of each motherboard to see if there are any significant differences.”
Intel Core i7 3930K @ TweakTown
“The new Sandy Bridge-E platform from Intel really is a different kind of beast. When you throw it through those CPU intensive benchmarks, the performance of the new i7 3960X is amazing with performance at stock being better at times than when our 2600k is running at 5.2GHz. The issue with the 3960X isn’t the performance, though; it’s the price.”
ASRock X79 Extreme4 @ eTeknix
“They offer this fantastic quality by using the very best components including 100% Japanese made Premium gold caps, and the latest technology as we’ll sure to see on this new X79 based board. IT features a Digi Power design, Advanced 6+2 power phase design as well as some features from their XFast range that should really see some fast results from this board.”
ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Professional @ TweakTown
“We’re getting through the boards, though, and the latest one for us to fire up comes from ASRock and follows the Fatal1ty series. The ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Professional looks the part, but today we’ll see how it performs with the new AMD FX-8150 from AMD. As usual, the first thing we’ll do is check out the package to see what’s going on.”
ECS P67H2-A Black Extreme @ PCStats
“The ECS P67H2-A Black Extreme is a performance oriented ATX motherboard with a fantastic set of gaming and overclocking features, all set on a sleek black and grey PCB that’ll make your expensive chassis proud. While the board does not officially support Crossfire/SLI, it can handle up to 3 videocards running in parallel thanks to an onboard Lucid HydraLogix 200 ‘LT24102’ chip.”